CROWSHUTE CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07070256 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-11-09

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-03-08
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2026-03-08
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officers · TM01
2026-03-06
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PRIOR, Anthony John resigned
director
2025-11-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
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officers · TM01
2025-10-29
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EDGLEY, Brian George resigned
director
2025-09-18
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2025-08-21
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officers · CH01
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-03-25
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officers · AP01
2023-03-17
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FAREY, Maria appointed
director
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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2020-10-06
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officers · AP01
2020-10-01
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accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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EDGLEY, Brian George appointed
director
2019-10-02
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2019-04-04
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2019-03-22
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LARCOMBE, James resigned
director
2018-10-22
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accounts · AA
2018-09-23
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2018-09-12
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CAMERON-TAYLOR, Miranda resigned
director
2018-09-12
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NORTHCOTT, Tim Charles resigned
director
2018-09-12
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ORCHARD, Jeanette resigned
director
2014-09-17
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CAMERON-TAYLOR, Miranda appointed
director
2013-09-17
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VEALE, Susan appointed
director
2013-05-31
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WEBBER, Helen Elizabeth resigned
director
2012-09-19
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HOSKINS, Carol Ann resigned
director
2012-04-24
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PYE, James Dennis Edgar resigned
director
2011-09-22
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DAVIES, Grant appointed
director
2011-09-21
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DAVIES, Grant resigned
director
2011-09-21
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DAVIES, Idris James resigned
director
2011-07-06
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LARCOMBE, James appointed
director
2011-07-06
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NORTHCOTT, Tim Charles appointed
director
2011-07-06
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WEBBER, Helen Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-06-01
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STOODLEY, Clive appointed
director
2011-05-26
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DAVIES, Grant appointed
director
2011-05-26
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HOSKINS, Carol Ann appointed
director
2011-05-26
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ORCHARD, Jeanette appointed
director
2011-05-26
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PRIOR, Anthony John appointed
director
2011-05-26
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PYE, James Dennis Edgar appointed
director
2011-04-21
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HILL, David Raymond resigned
director
2010-03-03
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PHILLIPS, John Russell appointed
secretary
2010-03-03
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ELLIOTT, Anne Elizabeth Stafford resigned
secretary
2010-03-03
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ELLIOTT, Anne Elizabeth Satfford resigned
director
2009-11-09
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Company incorporated
As CROWSHUTE CENTRE LIMITED
2009-11-09
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PHILLIPS, John Russell appointed
director
2009-11-09
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ELLIOTT, Anne Elizabeth Stafford appointed
secretary
2009-11-09
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DAVIES, Idris James appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EDGLEY, Brian George resigned 2025-10-29; PRIOR, Anthony John resigned 2026-03-06

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Russell Phillips Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Anthony John Priorceased 06/03/2026· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Crowshute House

Crowshute Link

Chard

Somerset

TA20 2EZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09